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		<title>The Anti-Defamation League&#8217;s Flat-Footed, Off-Key Shouter</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alyssa A. Lappen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 00:10:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[An open letter to the head of the ADL, denouncing his condemnations of those who see Sharia as a threat to American values and liberty. by Alyssa A. Lappen Family Security Matters &#124; Aug. 18, 2011 Dear Mr. Foxman, For centuries Vilna occupied a special place in the hearts and minds of Europe&#8217;s Jewish communities. &#8230; <a href="https://www.alyssaalappen.org/2011/08/18/the-anti-defamation-leagues-flat-footed-off-key-shouter/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">The Anti-Defamation League&#8217;s Flat-Footed, Off-Key Shouter</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>What has happened to the Anti-defamation league?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alyssa A. Lappen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 21:43:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Is opposition to sharia a social crime? by Alyssa A. Lappen Family Security Matters &#124; Mar. 31, 2011 ADL now supports sharia. How can any supporter of civil rights defend the introduction of such barbaric &#8220;law&#8221; into the United States? The following is an open letter addressed to the CEO of the Anti-Defamation League. Dear &#8230; <a href="https://www.alyssaalappen.org/2011/03/31/what-has-happened-to-the-anti-defamation-league/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">What has happened to the Anti-defamation league?</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Lars Hedegaard acquittal</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alyssa A. Lappen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 15:29:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Danish Ambassador to the U.S. wa&#115;am&#98;&#64;&#117;m&#46;d&#107; Sir &#8212; This afternoon I happily and thankfully received news of the acquittal of Lars Hedegaard, for the wrongly alleged crime of hate speech. This is a definite step in the correct direction. Nevertheless, there remains a serious question on the unjust prosecution and conviction of MP and pastor &#8230; <a href="https://www.alyssaalappen.org/2011/01/31/lars-hedegaard-acquittal/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Lars Hedegaard acquittal</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Why does Denmark prosecute truth tellers?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alyssa A. Lappen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 01:20:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Jan. 19, 2011 Danish Ambassador to the U.S. was&#97;mb&#64;u&#109;.&#100;k Sir &#8212; I am extremely alarmed with the public prosecution of Lars Hedegaard, a leading Danish columnist, and MP and pastor Jesper Langballe, for alleged crimes of &#8220;hate speech.&#8221; Apart from the assault these prosecutions represent against a basic human right included in your constitution and &#8230; <a href="https://www.alyssaalappen.org/2011/01/20/why-does-denmark-prosecute-truth-tellers/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Why does Denmark prosecute truth tellers?</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Uprooting jihad</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alyssa A. Lappen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:06:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Letters to the Editor Washington Times &#124; 11 July 2007 In his letter &#8220;The roots of terror&#8221; (Monday), Chuck Woolery claims that we misrepresented the &#8220;root&#8221; causes for Muslim suffering. Yet, &#8220;[t]he repression, suffering and death of hundreds of millions of Muslims&#8221; does not result from Western or Israeli policies or actions, but from totalitarian, &#8230; <a href="https://www.alyssaalappen.org/2007/07/11/uprooting-jihad/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Uprooting jihad</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Disappointed</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alyssa A. Lappen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2007 05:17:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Feb. 22, 2007 &#124; The Pedestal Magazine Dec. 22, 2006 Dear John&#8211; I&#8217;m disappointed with TPM&#8216;s interview of Naomi Shihab Nye, who on the one hand claims to have a secular Muslim father, a former Lutheran mother (both &#8220;ecumenical, open-minded people&#8221;) and to be herself &#8220;[r]especting all paths, rejecting fundamentalism of all stripes,&#8221; while on &#8230; <a href="https://www.alyssaalappen.org/2007/02/22/disappointed/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Disappointed</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
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